Category Archives: How To

Installing Heating and Cooling in my Garage!

FULL OCTANE your GARAGE!

In this video we will discuss the various options for heating and cooling your garage and then a more detailed discussion of my preferred method, the Minisplit system.

Thanks to Ferguson Supply and Fujitsu for there support in the making of this video.

A special thanks to my team at American Heating and Cooling, Inc for their fine work!

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10 Car Logos You Probably Never Knew The Meaning Of!

Thanks to Car Throttle for this clip.

Speedway Motors Front Disk Brake Kit Install & Review

We decided to try out the Speedway Motors Front Disk Brake Kit so we put together an installation & Review video. This is their part number Part number 91031943 – Mustang II Complete 11 In Front Disc Brake Kit, 5 x 4-3/4 GM BP.

Raptor Bed Liner used as undercoating on a 1950 Chevy Truck (Raptor by U-POL )

This is a video we put together on using Raptor by U-POL as an undercoating and underside finish for both drivers and show cars. This application is being used on our 1950 Chevy 5 window Truck project.

1950 Chevy Truck Paint Progress

We periodically do a few major projects in the Full Octane Garage. We are currently building a 1950 Chevy 5 window restomod truck and we wanted to share some of the paint progress.

DIY Steering Wheel Restoration on a budget with professional results!

Our 1960 C1 Corvette Steering Wheel was in bad shape so we decided to do a Steering Wheel Restoration on a budget. We made a short video outlining the process which delivered outstanding results.

We used a product called QuickSteel Epoxy Putty to fill the cracks and damaged areas. We then used a high build primer and shot the wheel with PPG Acrylic Enamel paint.

Putting RUST 911 to the test!

As part of our product testing we decided to put RUST 911 to the test and here is our Rust 911 review!

Project Pink Floyd Day 15

More fun with Baking Soda 🙂 We are doing a DIY soda blasting project using an Eastwood Dual Blast unit. This project took about 600 lbs of baking soda.

 

Pavers going down in dirty space (on a budget)

Day 1 – For those of you who have been following us for a while know we have been using an area under a concrete porch to do our dirty work and to double as a poor mans paint booth. When we started this project it was very damp, had a gravel floor and no drainage.

We stared by installing a corrugated french drain system surrounded by packing peanuts in a mesh throughout the 1500 sqft which drains into a sump pump.  389877_G

Correcting that pesky Brake Squeal